Potomac
The verdict
“Potomac” is uncommon French (frequency #71,811 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,811
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fleuve de l’est des États-Unis marquant la limite entre Washington et la Virginie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-potomac · Potomac · French
Potomac · rank #71,811 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,811
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH posterais
Nearest frequency peer: posterais (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Potomac »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- portiez
portiez
28,193 corpus weight
- Poss
Poss
28,192 corpus weight
- posterais
posterais
28,191 corpus weight
- Potomac
Potomac
28,190 corpus weight
- Potvin
Potvin
28,189 corpus weight
- poussoir
poussoir
28,187 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Potomac » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Potomac |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Potomac » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Potomac is uncommon French at frequency #71,811 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Potomac in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Potomac, spelled P-O-T-O-M-A-C.
Definition
- 1Fleuve de l’est des États-Unis marquant la limite entre Washington et la Virginie.
- 2Localité du comté de Montgomery, dans l’État du Maryland, aux États-Unis.
- 3Village situé à l’est du comté de Vermilion dans l’Illinois.
- 4Ancienne ville, aujourd’hui disparue du comté d’Arlington (Virginie).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Potomac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À seulement 14 ans, Patrick Kaufmann, un habitant de Potomac, dans le Maryland (États-Unis), a eu le cœur sur la main pour la Saint-Valentin.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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